Join WTIP for the 8th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival September 11-13

The Radio Waves Music Festival features live music throughout the day, a dance floor, children’s activities, and on-site food vendors. Admission is only $5 a day, or $10 for the weekend. It’s a rain or shine event under a big-top tent at Sweetheart’s Bluff
in the Grand Marais Recreation Area.

We’re currently accepting applications for Radio Waves performers. If you’re interested in performing at this year’s event, simply pick up an application at the station, located at 1712 West Highway 61 in Grand Marais, and return the completed form via email or in person by Friday, April 3rd. More information is available at 387-1070 or by e-mail at wtip@boreal.org

7th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival Re-cap

Area residents and visitors of all ages came together for three days of music September 5-7 at Sweetheart’s Bluff in Grand Marais as part of the 7th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival, sponsored by WTIP North Shore Community Radio.

“We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who came together to make the festival possible,” says Deb Benedict, WTIP’s executive director. “To everyone who volunteered their time, to the restaurants and food vendors who set up to provide food on-site, and to the amazing musicians who provided great entertainment – thank you! All these efforts helped make the festival a huge success.”

WTIP would also like to thank the Grand Marais Recreation Area and its crew, and the City of Grand Marais, who were strong supportive partners that offered up the perfect location for the festival. “Mostly,” says Benedict, “we’d like to thank our fabulous community for their support. It was wonderful to bring together over 1700 people to enjoy the extraordinary talent and diversity of the area.”

7th Annual Radio Waves Music Festival Line-Up:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th

4:00 p.m.

North Shore Community Swing Band

5:10 p.m.

Fred Anderson

5:40 p.m.

Oversize Load

6:25 p.m.

Jim & Michele Miller

7:05 p.m.

Viton, LaVigne, Mills & Hand

7:45 p.m.

Pushing Chain

8:30 p.m.

Rich Mattson & The North Stars

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th

10:00 a.m.

Larry Carpenter

10:30 a.m.

John Silliman

11:00 a.m.

Earth, Wind & Todd

11:50 a.m.

Maria Nickolay

12:20 p.m.

Trails End Band

1:10 p.m.

skyBLUEtrio and the ORANGEgirl

2:00 p.m.

The Curry Family Band

2:50 p.m.

D’Merritt

3:40 p.m.

Portage

4:30 p.m.

Frozen Britches

5:05 p.m.

Bughouse

5:45 p.m.

Gina Lee

6:20 p.m.

Cook County’s Most Wanted

7:10 p.m.

Ric Gillman & Bruce Bowers

7:50 p.m.

Al and Don and the Coast Connection Remnants

8:30 p.m.

The Carpenter Ants

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th

10:00 a.m.

Gordon Thorne with The Carpenter Ants

11:30 a.m.

The Spruce Roots

12:20 p.m.

Whurl

1:00 p.m.

Shoot from the Hipsters

1:50 p.m.

Joe Paulik Band

2:40 p.m.

The Pete K. Group

3:30 p.m.

Briand Morrison & Roxann Berglund

4:05 p.m.

Blues Galaxy

4:55 p.m.

Sam Miltich & the Clearwater Hot Club

5:35 p.m.

The SplinterTones

The History of Radio Waves:

The Radio Waves Music Festival started in 2008 as part of WTIP Community Radio's ten-year anniversary celebration. It was originally intended to be a single-year event - a thank you to the community for ten years of support - but because of the tremendous response, has turned into an annual event.

The festival takes place annually on the weekend after Labor Day, when the busy summer season is coming to a close and community members tend to have more time to get together and share the weekend with friends and family. There's a tent in case of rain, kids activities for a portion of each day, and on-site food, so people can spend the entire day enjoying live music in a beautiful outdoor setting.